slight care
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Definition
Noun: A minimal or inadequate degree of attention, caution, or diligence; the level of care that would be exercised by a careless or inattentive person.
Usage
The term "slight care" is a legal and formal concept used to describe a standard of conduct that falls below what is reasonably expected. It denotes a failure to pay adequate attention, often implying negligence. It is typically used in discussions of liability, duty, and standards of behavior.
Examples
- The court found the landlord liable for the accident, ruling that the maintenance of the stairs showed slight care.
- In his handling of the sensitive documents, he exercised only slight care, leading to a security breach.
- The contract stipulated that the bailee must not show slight care with the stored goods.
Advanced Usage
- Legal Standard: "Slight care" is often contrasted with other standards like "ordinary care" (the care a reasonable person would use) and "great care" (a high degree of caution). It is considered a very low standard, and failing to meet it typically constitutes negligence.
- "Slight care" vs. "Gross Negligence": While both involve a lack of proper care, "gross negligence" suggests a more extreme and reckless disregard, whereas "slight care" indicates simple inattentiveness or carelessness.
Variants and Related Words
- Carelessness (n): The quality of not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors.
- Inattention (n): A lack of attention.
- Negligence (n): Failure to take proper care in doing something, often a legal term for such a breach of duty.
Synonyms
- Minimal care
- Inadequate care
- Insufficient attention
- Negligent care
Antonyms
- Due care
- Ordinary care
- Reasonable care
- Diligence
- Attentiveness
Related Phrases
- Exercise slight care: To act with a minimal degree of caution.
- The driver was found to have exercised slight care when he failed to check his blind spot.
- Amount to slight care: To be equivalent to or constitute a standard of slight care.
- Leaving the gate unlocked amounted to slight care for the safety of the children in the yard.
Noun
- such care as a careless or inattentive person would exercise